Clothes-pin.



J.L.BUGK LEY.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1911.

Patented May 27, 1913.

Attorneys.

a of the JOHN LIE BUCKLEY, OF WEATHEBFOBD, TEXAS.

CLOTHES-PIN.

meme... .1 Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1913.

Application fled June 15, 1911. Serial Io. 688,876.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, JOHN L. Buoxnar, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weatherford, in the county'of Parker and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Pin, of which the following is a ecification.

ThlS invention relates generally to clothes pins, and particularly to that class constructed from resilient non-oxidizable wire.

The object of the invention is to rovide an article of this character that s all be easy to manufacture, which shall require the minimum of stock inits production that will be thoroughly eflective in holding clothes upon a ine even under the action of high winds, and which will not deteriorate or lose its shape from long-continued use. With the-above and other objects in view,

as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, this invention is embodied in the novel construction and combination of parts elicited in the following description and specifically pointed out in the ap nded claim.

In e accompanying drawing formin a part of this specification, and in which he characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Fi re 1 is a view in side elevation of a 010 es pin constructed in accordance with the resent invention. Fig. 2 is a face view. ig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but viewed from the opposite side in. Fi 4 is atransverse sectional view ta en on e line'4-4 of Fig. 8.

The clothes pin is conveniently constructed or formed from a length of stiff wire by bending the wire at an intermediate int so that the ends cross each other, then nding the sections of wire at two mtermediate points so that the ends pass through the loop, designated 1, formed by the former bend. The ends are then bent parallel to the said loop 1 and over the former bend, designated 2, to form line receiving jaws therewith, and the outer end then being deflected inwardly beyond the oint of intersection of the end so that t e ends below the point of intersection and above the eyes 8 he in a glane parallelto the plane of the arms or si e members of the loop 1.

From the construction shown and described, it will be seen that the clothes in of this invention may easily be manu actured, and that being devoid of coils and twists and numerous bends, such as are usually employed in devices of this character, its manufacture will be easy and the amount of stock employed will be reduced to a minimum.

I claim:

A clothes pin fashioned from a length of wire and comprising a U-shaped loop, separated portions bent back from the ends of the loop, separated portions assing through the loop from the aforesaid portions, and the ends of the wire extending downwardly from the latter portions over the bend of the loo to form line receiving jaws therewith, t e loop sections of the'wire conver ing from the bend of the loop to the en s, and the ends being crossed, the outer end being deflected inwardly below the crossing point so that the ends below the crossing point lie in a plane parallel to the plane of the loop.

In testimon that I claim the foregoing as my own, I ave hereto aflixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEE BUCKLEY.

Witnesses:

J. W. Buoxnnr, B. F. Browns. 

